Article: 3 Tips to Take Better Landscape Photos

I constantly do this to myself... I envision the perfect photo I want to take, and then get really let down when the perfect conditions don't present themselves to get that shot.  More often than not this happens when I'm trying to capture a particular landscape, and often times it's somewhere I'm not going to get a second chance.

The author of this article has some great suggestions, including borrowing techniques from other areas of photography to capture the landscape image you want.  I will have to try to keep this in mind the next time I'm only shooting.


http://digital-photography-school.com/3-tips-take-better-landscape-photos-regardless-weather/

Day 318 - A lonely tree...

Today's photo is one I've entered in a contest on Viewbug. I call it the lonely tree because it looks like it is alone, and longing to be with the buildings on the other side of the lake.

When the voting opens on this contest, please do vote!

Day 294 - Mystery

I don't know what it is about this photo, but it makes me want to tell a story... a mystery of sorts.

Day 283 - Cloudy....

This is just how I feel right now.

Day 264 - Dreaming of adventures

Getting ready for the day, and my eyes keep drifting to this... my passport.  Needless to say, my mind is a million miles away. Not to say, I'm not happy where I am, because I am, but I really believe we all need a little adventure in our lives.

Day 254 - Unusual building

Mostly when I pass this building, I am driving, but not on this day. I have no idea what the building is, but I always thought it was neat.  It is hard to take a picture of it, unobstructed.

Day 142 - Arch of Caracalla

Total geek moment when we visited Volubilis, near Meknes between Fes and Rabat.  In high school I studied Latin, and learned a lot about the Romans; so, this was exciting!  I never thought that I would see a partly excavated Roman city, and in Morocco, no less! I could have spent a whole day here.

This is a look at Arch of Caracalla from below.

Volubilis is another UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Day 117 - The view

The view from the balcony of a friend's place. I am constantly amazed at just how blue the skies are, and loved how it looked from this vantage point. It doesn't fully capture it, but it was breath taking view.

Day 113 - Flying over DC

I know a lot of people don't like photos out airplane windows, but I think they are interesting.  Each time I've flown over a different city/area, I've taken at least one photo so I can compare it with other areas I've been. I liked this particular photo... it was a pretty clear day and the windows were pretty clean!

Day 111 - In the air

I've taken lots of photos from air planes in the past, but this has got to be my favourite!  The lighted wing tip, flying into the sunset, and only the clouds below us.

Day 99 - Capitol Picture

I took a lot of photos of Capitol Hill, and the one I loved the best was this one... just adore the colours in it!

Day 83 - Letting go...

I did this exercise with a friend that is meant to encourage someone to let go of things weighing on them. The person identifies these things and writes them on a piece of paper, ties the paper to a balloon, and let them go into the universe.  Really it's more symbolic than anything else.  I don't know if it worked for this friend - hoping it did!

So, this is a picture of one of the balloons at it flew up to the heavens...

Added some text to the picture because reminded me of the pictures that I've seen on tumblr, etc.  

Day 72 - Sun Setting in 2.0 megapixels

Last night, I wanted to see if my phone camera would be a good alternative to carrying my camera, or at least I can use it when I don't have my camera on me.  This was the result of the setting sun.  I really dislike the quality of the phone pictures.... but it's better than not having the ability to take pics at all.

This picture is decent.  Not great, but decent. You can see that it's a little pixelated, but the rest of them are very pixelated.

Driving into the sun and trying to take a better picture.  This is a pretty good silhouette though!

Day 59 - Colourful building

It's amazing the things you notice when you are not in the driver's seat.  I was headed home and noticed the colours in this building and how nice it looked against the sky.  To be perfectly honest, I have noticed the colours in this building before, since we always called it the "colourful building on the corner" but I don't think I appreciated it.

I did have to crop this picture a bit, to take out a lamp post that I felt took away from the shot.  I do like it so much better without it.

Day 58 - Coming home

Not only do I have an obsession with the sky, I also marvel at planes.  They represent so much, from human ingenuity to lands yet unexplored.  Every time I look at the skies and see a plane, I can't help but wonder about the stories of the peoples it is transporting and the people awaiting their arrival, from the weary traveller returning home from a long journey to the business man routinely on business to the excited family members anticipating someone's arrival.